Species ***Pseudoalteromonas* *antarctica***

Name: Pseudoalteromonas antarctica Bozal et al. 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ant.arc’ti.ca. L. fem. adj. antarctica, southern (in this instance pertaining to the Antarctic environment, where the organism was isolated)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pse͡u-do-al-te-RO-mo-nas ant-ARK-ti-ka, feminine

Type strain: CECT 4664; LMG 18002; NF3

16S rRNA gene: X98336 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bozal N, Tudela E, Rossello-Mora R, Lalucat J, Guinea J. Pseudoalteromonas antarctica sp. nov., isolated from an Antarctic coastal environment. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:345-351. 🇪🇸

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:917-919.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 12 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.
- 🧍 The type strain CECT 4664 seems unavailable. The on-line catalogue (CECT: Catalogue searches-Bacteria) only cites the following strains of Pseudoalteromonas antarctica: CECT 4665, CECT 4666, CECT 4667, and CECT 4668. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592. 🇫🇷

Parent taxon: Pseudoalteromonas Gauthier et al. 1995

Assigned by: Bozal N, Tudela E, Rossello-Mora R, Lalucat J, Guinea J. Pseudoalteromonas antarctica sp. nov., isolated from an Antarctic coastal environment. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:345-351. 🇪🇸

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Species Pseudoalteromonas antarctica

Species ***Pseudoalteromonas* *antarctica***